Adriana Cerezo
Personal information
Full nameAdriana Cerezo Iglesias
Born (2003-11-24) 24 November 2003 (age 20)
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
EventFlyweight
ClubHankuk International School
Coached byJesús Ramal
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 49 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku −49 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Rome 49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Manchester (F) 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manchester 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Riyadh (F) 49 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 49 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Sofia 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manchester 49 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran 49 kg
European U21 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Helsingborg 49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tirana 49 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Marina D'Or 49 kg
Updated on 10 December 2023.

Adriana Cerezo Iglesias[a] (born 24 November 2003) is a Spanish taekwondo athlete who won the silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan/[1][2]

Career

She won the gold medal in her debut at the European Taekwondo Championships, at only 17 years old.[3][4] A month later, she qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, where she ended up in second place, earning a silver medal.

She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[5] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cerezo and the second or maternal family name is Iglesias.

References

  1. ^ "Adriana Cerezo". www.hankuk.es. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ Kim, Chang-ran (24 July 2021). "Taekwondo-Teenagers cause upsets, Thai flyweight queen nabs gold". Reuters. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Adriana Cerezo, campeona de Europa con sólo 17 años; Adrián Vicente, plata en Bulgaria". MARCA (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Adriana Cerezo, campeona de Europa con 17 años". AS.com (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  6. ^ Burke, Patrick (31 May 2023). "Dramatic final makes Dinçel one of three winners at World Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

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